Difference between revisions of "IPC2 BIOS guide"

Revision as of 12:42, 4 August 2015

Overview

• See what is BIOS
• IPC2 based on Phoenix Technologies BIOS.
• BIOS can be accessed by pressing F2 during power up cycle.
• For BIOS reset instructions refer to IPC2 troublshooting

BIOS Menu

Main

The screen provides date, time and boot features settings, as well as basic system information:

System Information

• BIOS Version: IPC2_3.330.3 x64
• Build Time: DD/MM/YYY
• Processor Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) iX-4XXXXX CPU @ X.X GHz
• Processor Speed: 2.1 GHz (example)
• System Memory Speed: 1600 MHz (example)
• L2 Cache RAM: 256 KB
• Memory Channel A Slot 0: 4096 MB (DDRIII-1600) (example)
• Memory Channel B Slot 0: 4096 MB (DDRIII-1600) (example)

Boot Features

• NumLock: Selects Power-on state for NumLock - Off/On
• Timeout: Number of seconds (1-99) that P.O.S.T. will wait for the user input before booting.
• Quick Boot: Enable/disable quick boot.
• Diagnostic Splash Screen: If you select 'Enabled' the diagnostic splash screen always displays during boot. If you select 'Disabled' the diagnostic splash screen does not display unless you press HOTKEY during boot.
• Diagnostic Summary Screen: Display the Diagnostic summary screen during boot.
• UEFI Boot: Enable the UEFI boot.
• Legacy Boot: Enable the Legacy boot.
• Boot in legacy video mode: Enable to force the display adapter to switch the video mode to Text Mode 3 at the end of BIOS POST for non-UEFI boot mode (Legacy Boot). Some legacy software such as DUET requires that the BIOS explicitly enter text video mode prior to boot.
• Load OPROM: Load all OPROMs or on demand according to the boot device.

Advanced

The section provides advanced system features and functionality settings.
Warning: For advanced users only. Setting items to incorrect values may cause system to malfunction.

• Select Language: Several BIOS interface languages

Silicon Information

Processor and PCH signatures (example numbers):

• Family: 4th Gen Intel Core Processor
• Model: 45
• CPUID: 40651
• CPU REV.: 1
• PATCH ID: 17
• CORE FREQ.: 2.10 GHz
• L1 Cache: 64 KB
• L2 Cache: 256 KB
• L3 Cache: 4096 KB

• PCH TYPE: LynxPoint
• PCH REV.: C1 Stepping
• PCB REV.: 1.1

Processor Configuration

• Active Processor Cores: Number of cores to enable in each processor package.
• Intel(R) HT Technology: When Disabled only one thread per enabled core is enabled.
• Enabled XD: Enabled Execute Disabled functionality. Also known as Data Execution Prevention (DEP).
• Limit CPUID maximum values: When set to enable, this causes the cpuid to return a maximum value of 3.
• Enable for BIST: Enable/Disable BIST (Built-In Self Test) on reset.
• Machine Check: Enabled processor Machine Check feature (disable only for test).
• Intel(R) Virtualization Technology: When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities.
• Intel(R) Streamer Prefetcher: Enable/Disable MLC streamer prefetcher.
• Intel(R) Spatial Prefetcher: Enable/Disable MLC spatial prefetcher.

Peripheral Configuration

• Spread Spectrum Clock: Enable clock Spread Spectrum feature. Recommended to keep disabled
• PCIe SR-IOV Support: Set IO Virtualization
• Turn Off unused PCI/PCIe clocks:
  • Disabled - all clocks turned On
  • Enabled - clocks for empty PCI/PCIe slots will be turned off to save power, especially for EMI test.

Platform must be powered off for changes to take effect.

HDD Configuration

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System Agent (SA) Configuration

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South Bridge Configuration

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Network Configuration

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SuperIO Configuration

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AMT Configuration

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ME Configuration

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Thermal Configuration

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Security

Configure different security settings.

Boot

Set boot order priorities.

Exit

The exit screen provides options to save or discard changes before exiting BIOS.